Doug Jones was an early fight for Ali, and Henry Cooper caught him so what?

Because he has nothing to brag about in first part of his career.
As for post-exile Ali, his legs and his agility have diminished so much, that I don't see any other result than a KO win for Lewis, Ali was there to be hit whenever Lewis chose to.

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Liston had the relativly same reach, power, and probobly more speed than Lewis, and got circles danced around him.

Lewis was a much better boxer than Liston, more skilled, better footwork, harder hitter (although his jab is less powerful than Sonny's, but his right hand is better), less predictable than Liston.